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... cosmic stuff . He has turned in upon himself like a convolvulus , a chambered nautilus looking in with a cosmic eye upon the soft little form which , though building stately mansions " with a dome more vast , " is instantly turned into ...
... cosmic stuff . He has turned in upon himself like a convolvulus , a chambered nautilus looking in with a cosmic eye upon the soft little form which , though building stately mansions " with a dome more vast , " is instantly turned into ...
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... cosmic patterns that are waiting to be grasped . Perhaps the third human nature will find itself , as its flexibility increases , glimpsing the cosmic pattern that will re- lease its own inner pattern . • Extrapolation versus Emergence ...
... cosmic patterns that are waiting to be grasped . Perhaps the third human nature will find itself , as its flexibility increases , glimpsing the cosmic pattern that will re- lease its own inner pattern . • Extrapolation versus Emergence ...
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... cosmic structure permits . He can , however , at the same time , within his own limitations , alter cos- mic ... cosmic potentialities , cosmic trends as yet unparalleled else- where in the knowable universe . This does not , however ...
... cosmic structure permits . He can , however , at the same time , within his own limitations , alter cos- mic ... cosmic potentialities , cosmic trends as yet unparalleled else- where in the knowable universe . This does not , however ...
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Our Twentiethcentury Vantage Point | 3 |
The Invention of Culture | 47 |
How We Come to Want What We Want | 60 |
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